James Phelan (football)

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James M. "Jimmy" Phelan
Title	Head coach
Sport	Football
Born	December 5, 1892
Place of birth	Sacramento, California
Died	November 14, 1974 (aged 81)
Place of death	Honolulu, Hawaii
Career highlights
Overall	137-87-14
Coaching stats
College Football DataWarehouse
Playing career
1915-1917	Notre Dame
Position	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1920-1921 1922-1929 1930-1941 1942-1947	Missouri Purdue Washington Saint Mary's
College Football Hall of Fame, 1973 (Bio)

James Michael Phelan (born December 5, 1892 in Sacramento, California; died November 14, 1974 in Honolulu, Hawaii) was a college football head coach at Missouri, Purdue, and Washington.

Contents 1 College 2 Coaching 2.1 Head Coaching Record 3 External links 4 References

[edit] College

After growing up in Portland, Oregon, Jim Phelan came to Notre Dame in 1915. In his first game as a reserve quarterback and placekicker for the football team, he threw for a touchdown and ran for another in a 32-0 victory over Alma College. This earned him the starting job, and he would go on to complete a 7-1 season, the lone defeat a 19-20 loss at Nebraska.

The 1916 team was a defensive juggernaut, shutting out every team they played except for their meeting at Army, which they lost 30-10, thus finishing the season 8-1. The 1917 campaign began with a 55-0 victory over Kalamazoo, followed by a 0-0 tie at Wisconsin in which Phelan attempted to win the game by kicking a 61-yard field goal that bounced off the crossbar. An 0-7 loss at Nebraska the following week would be the last game of his career, as he was drafted into military service for World War I and sent to Camp Taylor, Louisville.

[edit] Coaching

Following the war, Phelan entered the college coaching ranks. From 1920 to 1921, he coached at Missouri, and compiled a 13-3 record. From 1922 to 1929, he coached at Purdue, and compiled a 35-22-4 record there. From 1930 to 1941, he coached at Washington, and compiled a 65-37-9 record there.

Following a six-year stint as head coach of Saint Mary's (CA) that included two bowl appearances, Phelan joined the coaching staff of several upstart professional football franchises, including a year as head coach of the NFL's Dallas Texans in 1952.

Phelan was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973.

[edit] Head Coaching Record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl	Coaches#	AP°
Missouri (Missouri Valley Conference) (1920 – 1921)
1920	Missouri	7-1-0	5-1	2nd
1921	Missouri	6-2-0	4-2	T-2nd
Missouri:		13-3-0
Purdue (Big Ten Conference) (1922 – 1929)
1922	Purdue	1-5-1	0-3-1	10th
1923	Purdue	2-5-1	1-4	T-8th
1924	Purdue	5-2-0	2-2	5th
1925	Purdue	3-4-1	0-3-1	T-9th
1926	Purdue	5-2-1	2-1-1	4th
1927	Purdue	6-2-0	2-2	T-4th
1928	Purdue	5-2-1	2-2-1	6th
1929	Purdue	8-0-0	5-0	1st
Purdue:		35-22-5
Washington (Pacific-10 Conference) (1930 – 1941)
1930	Washington	5-4-0	3-4	5th
1931	Washington	5-3-1	3-3-1	5th
1932	Washington	6-2-2	3-2-2	4th
1933	Washington	5-4-0	3-4	7th
1934	Washington	6-1-1	5-1-1	3rd
1935	Washington	5-3-0	4-3	6th
1936	Washington	7-2-1	7-0-1	1st	L Rose		5
1937	Washington	7-2-2	4-2-2	3rd
1938	Washington	3-5-1	3-4-1	6th
1939	Washington	4-5-0	4-4	4th
1940	Washington	7-2-0	7-1	2nd			10
1941	Washington	5-4-0	5-3	T-2nd
Washington:		65-37-8
Saint Mary's (Independent) (1942 – 1947)
1942	Saint Mary's	6-3-1
1943	Saint Mary's	2-5-0
1944	Saint Mary's	0-5-0
1945	Saint Mary's	7-2-0			L Sugar Bowl
1946	Saint Mary's	6-3-0			L Oil Bowl
1947	Saint Mary's	3-7-0
Saint Mary's:		24-25-1
Total:		137-87-14
National Championship         Conference Title         Conference Division Title
†Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season.

Preceded by Alfred (Dutch) Bergman	Notre Dame starting quarterbacks 1915 - 1917	Succeeded by Bill Mohn
Preceded by Henry Schulte	Missouri Head Football Coach 1920–1921	Succeeded by Thomas Kelly (football)
Preceded by William Henry Dietz	Purdue Head Football Coach 1922–1929	Succeeded by Noble Kizer
Preceded by Enoch Bagshaw	Washington Head Football Coach 1930–1934	Succeeded by Ralph Welch

[edit] External links

• http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1862
• College Football Hall of Fame

v • d • e Missouri Tigers Head Football Coaches McRae • Reid • Jones • Robinson • Bliss • Patterson • Young • Fultz • Murphy • O'Dea • McLean • Monilaw • Roper • Brewer • Schulte • Phelan • Kelly • Henry • Carideo • Faurot • Simpson • Broyles • Devine • Onofrio • Powers • Widenhofer • Stull • Smith • Pinkel

v • d • e Purdue Boilermakers Head Football Coaches Berg • Reisner • Hare • Ames • Balliet • Hammond • Church • Jamison • Best • Cutts • Hernstein • Witham • Turner • Speik • Horr • Smith • O'Donnell • Scanlon • Dietz • Phelan • Kizer • Elward • Burnham • Isbell • Holcomb • Mollenkopf • DeMoss • Agase • Young • Burtnett • Akers • Colletto • Tiller • Hope

v • d • e Washington Huskies Head Football Coaches Goodwin • Cobb • Nichols • Jeffs • Dodge • Wright • Knight • Cutts • Place • Dobie • Hunt • Savage • Allison • Bagshaw • Phelan • Welch • Odell • Cherberg • Royal • Owens • James • Lambright • Neuheisel • Gilbertson • Willingham

v • d • e Saint Mary's Gaels Head Football Coaches Madigan • Strader • Phelan • Verducci • Rundle • Rasmussen • Landis • White

v • d • e Saint Mary's Gaels Head Basketball Coaches Kidston • Rittler • Hammer • Rittler • Broderick • Boek • Rittler • Ritchie • Madigan • Conlan • McNally • Underhill • Dykes • Otten • Conlan • Phelan • Andersen • Neff • Foley • Weaver • Cimino • Hale • LaPorte • Oates • Nance • Landreaux • Fehte • Kent • Bollwinkel • Bennett

[edit] References